What's the real deal with these Cuban cards?

[ernestohur68]

Romeo y Julieta made in this issue a tribute to Cuban players of1915 and 1916 and that is why the put in the back SERIE 1915 or SERIE of 1911, NOT REFERING TO cigar serie if not to BASEBALL SERIE, it is confirmed because the score of the back is from that year.

[ElCabron]

When you don't know the answer to something, just don't answer. You're not helping yourself by trying to make these answers up. The more you keep posting, the less real you make these cards seem.

-Ryan

[jhs5120]

Very interesting read - I don't think I have ever seen an open Q&A with an expert from another country here before.

I know very little about Cuban cards so let me see if I understand this: the Cuban baseball set has never been seen before, but it has the same style and appearance as a more popular boxing set from the mid 1920's. The set consists of amateur players with 1922 stats and more well known players with 1911 stats and 1915 stats, yet they all appear to be made in 1922 (and use pictures from 1910).

Is the above correct? If so, strange. I don't think it speaks for the authenticity (or lack thereof) of the issue, but more of the quirkiness of the set.

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

Very interesting read - I don't think I have ever seen an open Q&A with an expert from another country here before.

I know very little about Cuban cards so let me see if I understand this: the Cuban baseball set has never been seen before, but it has the same style and appearance as a more popular boxing set from the mid 1920's. The set consists of amateur players with 1922 stats and more well known players with 1911 stats and 1915 stats, yet they all appear to be made in 1922 (and use pictures from 1910).

Is the above correct? If so, strange. I don't think it speaks for the authenticity (or lack thereof) of the issue, but more of the quirkiness of the set.

ADN they would be the Only cuban sets to have stats in general (all others had advertisements), and some of the stats are in English. And some of the pitchers have batting stats.

Pretty cool maze.... Right!!!

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by aljurgela

AND they would be the Only cuban sets to have stats in general (all others had advertisements), and some of the stats are in English. And some of the pitchers have batting stats.

Pretty cool maze.... Right!!!

Wow, very weird. The cards appear to be from the period - it's just these little things that make me wonder. It's a shame we don't know more about this set, I'm sure it would have a fascinating story to tell.

[slidekellyslide]

So what's the story behind the cards? Where were they found? Who had them?

[mannybb24]

Spain